A/HRC/11/L.10 page 128 three years; by 2011, basic medical insurance system would cover all urban and rural residents, and the maximum payment for medical insurance would be increased to six times the per capita income. 527. Information was provided on the implementation of the recommendation that the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and the Macao Special Administrative Region continue to function according to their realities and preserve different rights of their citizens in accordance with their laws. For example, the former was implementing the Race Discrimination Ordinance and the Independent Police Complaints Council Ordinance. The latter had undertaken legal reforms to increase the accountability of high-ranking civil servants and to strengthen a culture of integrity and to improve law in action. 528. China has responded, as it had promised, to four recommendations made by Portugal, Argentina, Canada, Australia, Brazil and Austria on inscribing a legal definition of discrimination in domestic law, reducing the number of crimes carrying the death penalty, adopting specific legislation on domestic violence and follow-up to the universal periodic review. 529. As a populous developing country, China faced many difficulties and challenges in human rights that might be unimaginable to other countries. However, China had full confidence in making progress. It pledged to honour the commitments made to the world, taking into consideration its actual situation and the people’s will and to continue to participate in the review process in a responsible way. 2. Views expressed by Member and observer States of the Council on the review outcome 530. The United Arab Emirates appreciated the country’s efforts in the universal periodic review process for institutional reform to back up its development renaissance and improvements in the rule of law, with efforts to reform the system to guarantee the independence of the judiciary. This was a difficult endeavour in a multifaceted and multicultural country such as China. China’s cooperation with human rights bodies and OHCHR was welcomed and the hope was expressed that the Council would take all of China’s achievements into account.